MARY ELLEN MILLS
MARY ELLEN MILLS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1927, IN RIVER MINES, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ALFRED AND LYDIA (JENNINGS) STANGE. MARY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON MAY 11, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-TWO YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND THIRTEEN DAYS.
MARY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO KENNETH MILLS ON APRIL 3, 1943, IN FREDERICKTOWN, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
MARY IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, KENNETH MILLS OF POTOSI, TWO SONS, BOB MILLS AND WIFE JUDY OF ST. LOUIS, TOM MILLS AND WIFE PEGGY OF IRONDALE, TWO DAUGHTERS, MARY ANN HORTON OF BELGRADE, DEBRA PORTELL AND HUSBAND GARY OF TIPTON, INDIANA, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE STEP GRANDCHILDREN, TWO STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS, BOB STANGE OF IRONDALE, ALFRED STANGE AND WIFE JEAN OF POTOSI, TWO SISTERS, LUCY HARE AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF SAN ANTONIA, TEXAS, LORRAINE GERSTENSCHLAGER AND HUSBAND EMMITT OF BONNE TERRE AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, RONNIE MILLS, ONE BROTHER, CARL STANGE, ONE SON-IN-LAW, JESSE HORTON AND ONE SISTER- IN-LAW, ELSIE STANGE.
MARY ELLEN WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HER WORKING YEARS WERE SPENT IN THE LOCAL AREA, WORKING FOR SHERMAN DEPARTMENT STORE, REYNOLDS DEPARTMENT STORE, SHE WAS ACTIVE IN BOTH AMWAY AND AVON BUSINESSES. MARY ELLEN ENJOYED SPENDING TIME SEWING, KNITTING, QUILTING AND CROCHETING.
A KIND AND LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER AND DEAR FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO WAS BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 10:00 A.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JIM POHL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN REDBUD MEMORIAL GARDENS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TIM HORTON, KEN HORTON, JOE PORTELL, RANDY PORTELL, RYAN MILLS AND DEREK MILLS.